China

The safeguards emerging from Taiwan's effort to address information manipulation risks offer democracies a platform governance roadmap.

The Trump administration’s own Defense Department policies are undermining the operational means necessary to execute its Arctic strategy.

The U.S. government should respond to Chinese AI adversarial distillation attacks with a layered set of established legal authorities.

Congress must ban demands for payment to the government for national-security related approvals and prohibit companies from making these payments.

The 2026 REAIM Summit demonstrated the ongoing misalignment between global initiatives, industry narratives around AI capabilities, and the realities of military AI use.

Policymakers and the private sector should work with civil society to ensure that the pursuit of “sovereign AI” does not undermine fundamental rights.

New START’s expiration highlights the limits of arms control designed for an earlier era of bilateral rivalry, without accounting for factors such as China's buildup.

“Alien land laws” frame Asian land ownership as a national security threat despite minimal evidence, echoing the United States’ historical exclusionary policies.

To lead in biotechnology, the United States must modernize its data infrastructure and create biodata built for the AI future.

Across Asia, formalized legal and bureaucratic mechanisms are reinforcing a regional arms race in administrative instruments. U.S. policy must react accordingly.

Forced labor in China undermines American security and values. Strong U.S. enforcement of trade laws and supply chain standards can defend human rights and competitiveness.

In 2026, the nuclear order will become more fragmented, less predictable, and increasingly difficult to govern through existing institutions.